VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Voyage Central Park Lisa Friend (flute), Craig Ogden (guitar) Aquarelle Guitar Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Sep/2019 ] Following her acclaimed recording of Mozart's Flute Quartets with the Brodsky Quartet and her more recent disc of Fauré and Debussy, the flautist Lisa Friend continues her journey to explore another sound-world in this programme of works for flute... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
The Sacrifice (complete opera) Lisa Milne (sop) Leigh Melrose (bar), Christopher Purves (bass) Sarah Tynan (sop) Peter Hoare (ten) / Welsh National Opera, Anthony Negus [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] 'There is no mistaking James MacMillan has a popular hit on his hands, with the cries of bravo as the curtain fell on the world premiere of his new opera.' (Western Mail) |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera in English) Lisa Saffer / Susan Parry / Anna Burford / Graham Danby / English National Opera Orchestra / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] '"Lisa Saffer makes an ideal Lulu, dramatically compelling to watch, and with a voice to equal the sustained high note writing which Berg gives his protagonist… John Graham-Hall's Alwa is splendid. Robert Haywood an excellent Dr Schön…"' Peter... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Luonnotar / Tapiola / Pelléas och Mélisande / etc Lise Davidsen (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "… The performance of Tapiola is in fact one of the most searching and dramatic it has been accorded, finding every nuance of the composer's remarkable orchestration" CDChoice |
SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS
Chamber Works London Chamber Music Group [including Susan Milan, flute] [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] Five Impressions of a Holiday was Susan Milan's first encounter with the seductive, impressionistically inclined music of Eugene Goossens. Charmed by the work, she resolved to discover more: 'he was very much connected to the Les Six generation and... |
HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in A flat / Concertino in G major / Gesellschafts-Rondo London Mozart Players / David Jurtiz (leader) / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] '…unfailing expertise by Howard Shelley… The recordings are exceptionally well balanced, the acoustic pleasingly spacious.' Gramophone |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos in A and F major / Theme and Variations in F major London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'And it receives eloquent advocacy from Howard Shelley, with his aristocratic command of the glittering Keyboard pyrotechnics'. Fanfare |
HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 34 / Rondo brillant, Op. 56 in A major (premiere recording) / Rondo brillant, Op. 98 in B flat major London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano and director) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] '...this one is every bit as fine as its predecessors, with full, open, well-balanced sound nand sparkling performances... These are rarities well worth sampling, unlikely to be performed or recorded better.' Gramophone |
HUMMEL
L'Enchantment d'Oberon, Op. 116 / Piano Concerto in A major / etc London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'Shelley's sparkling playing is winning… As ever in this Chandos series, the first-rate recording is clear and vivid, warm and full.' Gramophone.. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Ballet Suites / Twelve Waltzes and Coda London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "Howard Shelley's light touch, fresh and colourful orchestral playing, and excellent recording, make this very well worth hearing on its own account, not simply as a rediscovered rarity." BBC Music |
JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Concerto No. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
JOSEF MYSLIVECEK
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] This latest release in Chandos' Contemporaries of Mozart series features music by Josef Myslivecek. |
JOHANN CHRISTIAN CANNABICH
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'As in the previous issues of Chandos' Contemporaries of Mozart series, Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players provide polished and stylish performances.' BBC Music Magazine |
LEOPOLD MOZART
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] The symphonies are among the chief works by which Leopold established his compositional popularity, and they take pride of place. They far outstrip in quality, to say nothing of quantity, the symphonies of his Salzburg contemporaries. |
JOHN MARSH
Marsh: Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "As always in this series, the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert provide impeccably stylish performances." (BBC Music) |
BOCCHERINI
Symphonies Nos 3, 8 & 21 London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] Luigi Boccherini was born in 1743 in Lucca. He was to become one of the greatest cellists of his time, and travelled all over Europe giving virtuoso performances. His compositional genius only fully emerged when he took up permanent residence at the... |
SALIERI
Symphonies, Overtures and Variations London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2001 ] '…this release is commended by committed, clean, and lively playing, not to mention crisp articulation and nicely sprung rhythms.' Fanfare |
WRANITZKY
Symphony in D major, Op. 36 / Symphony in C min Op 11 / etc London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2002 ] 'I cannot imagine better advocacy for it that this recording...'-Gramophone |
WESLEY
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] 'The performances brim with joie de vivre, and are further commended by the London Mozart Player's focussed, accurate and committed readings'. (Fanfare) |
HOFFMEISTER
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] "As in the preceeding instalments of Chandos's 'Contemporaries of Mozart' series, Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players produce splendidly alert and stylish performances. No one interested in the byways of the late 18th century repertoire... |